by PJColando | Oct 16, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Blurbs, those auditory bits of promotional text on the back of books have come under fire, pushing the publishers into a tizzy. In separate articles in The Atlantic and Esquire this fall, the industry’s reliance on high-profile authors’ blurs as “a...
by PJColando | Oct 10, 2023 | blog post, rant
Everybody has people, places, things, and events that craze or enrage them. Everybody has triggers and hot buttons that must not be pushed multiple times! Image by <a...
by PJColando | Oct 4, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Let’s rock the neurotic writing world! Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. The awesome co-hosts for the October 4 posting of the IWSG are Natalie Aguirre, Kim Lajevardi, Debs Carey, Gwen Gardner, Patricia Josephine, and Rebecca Douglass! October 4...
by PJColando | Sep 26, 2023 | blog post, rant
One of the worst roadblocks to Happiness is a person I call the Control Monster. This person’s needs for security – a constant hole in her soul that must continually be refilled – override anyone else’s needs. She, and others like her, only...
by PJColando | Sep 20, 2023 | Adventure, blog post
Today is our Sparky dog’s birthday. As far as we know. He was rehomed with us because his prior owner was an elderly woman whose decline due tp Alzheimer’s Disease escalated. Therefore no papers were found to verify his birthdate and pedigree. We were Good...
by PJColando | Sep 12, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
What’s more fun than one lovable main character? Five or six lovable main characters! Of course, with each additional main character you add to your narrative, you’re adding another layer of complexity to your writing process. You don’t want to have extra characters...
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